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Right now. Welcome to newsroom international. Were going around the world in 60 minutes. Heres whats going on right now. President obama no longer sees Bashar Al Assad as the real representative of the Syrian People. The rebels fighting to throw overthrow assad are legitimate enough and organized enough to act as a bonafide government. Several recognize the opposition fighters as the peoples true representatives. The Syrian Opposition coalition is inclusive enough and representative enough of the syrian population that we consider them the legitimate representative of the Syrian People in oppo...

Away. No details on their conversations but reps for both sides say the lines of communication remain open. The last time the president and the speaker met in person to talk about the fiscal cliff was more than three weeks ago. And just after midnight on sunday, making history. The governor signed the voterapproved referendum into law on wednesday. And hugo chavez is returning to cuba for more cancer surgery but this time he is making sure a new leader is in place in case he doesnt return, and he named the Vice President as his choice for a replacement in case something happens for him. The 58...

The great french writer albert said, life is a sum of all your choices. Were all defined by the decisions we make every day, and we make hundreds of them. Paper or plastic, chickening or fish, most are mundane and require little thought. But others are agonizing. And then there are decisions made my leaders, some of which have changed the course of history, for better, and some for worst. July 4, 1776, the decision to declare independence. January 1863, abraham lincolns decision to imans kate all persons held as slaves. June 1941, adolf hitlers decision to invade the soviet union. August 1945,...

Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. We begin with president obama getting into a new fight with republicans and its a fight he may actually lose. This afternoon in detroit, the president blasted a package of antiunion bills. Michigan republicans, governor, is ush pushing through his states legislature. What we shouldnt do, i just got to say this, what we shouldnt be doing is trying to take away your rights to bargain for better wages and working conditions. Even though the cheering went on for nearly half a minute, it looks like those antiunion bills may, in fact, have enough support...

Im Suzanne Malveaux in the cnn newsroom. He wants longtime senator john kerry to replace Hillary Clinton. The formal announcement coming in the next hour at about 1 30 or so eastern. Well have that live. We asked americans how they feel about john kerry as secretary of state, but first, kerrys nomination hardly a surprise. People close to him already calling him mr. Secretary. Heres a little bit about him from kate bolduan. Thank you very much, mr. Secretary. Reporter his Senate Colleagues have joked about his ambition, what many regarded as the worstkept secret in washington, even in recent S...